Type:

Swordfish Class

Pennant No.:

98.S

Laid Down:

14th September 1931.

H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.

Commissioned:

2nd October 1933.

Lt. Cdr. M.T. Collier.

Commander:

1933 - 1934

Lt. Cdr. M.T. Collier.

Jan. 1934 - Feb. 1935

Lt. R.M.G. Gambier.

Apr. 1935 - Aug. 1936

Lt. W.J.W. Woods.

Aug. 1936 - 1937

Lt. Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts

Aug. 1937 - Jun. 1938

Lt. Cdr. F. B. Currie.

Jun. 1938 - Apr. 1939

Lt. Cdr. R.H. Dewhurst.

Apr. 1939 - Jan. 1940

Lt. D.S. Massey Dawson.

Complement:

38

4 Officers and 34 Ratings.

Service Career:

1933 - 1934

5th Flotilla, Portsmouth.

1935 - 1936

6th Flotilla, HMS Titania, Portland.

1936 - 1939

2nd Flotilla, HMS Forth/Lucia, Devonport.

Sept. 1939

2nd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Dundee.

Nov. 1939

6th Flotilla, HMS Titania, Blyth.

Fate:

Completed Five 'War Patrols'.
She was lost on her sixth patrol.

Sunk after being attacked and depth-charged by German 1st Minesweeping Flotilla 7th January 1940.

Lost - 7th January 1940.

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